Where do the negative adoptions stories go?

I've always thought they belonged in the Adult Adoptees/General Support section.

If a home is provided for "good" stories but not for "bad" stories, the effect is to make the "bad" stories seem invisible.Or at least inconsequential.Haven't those of us who endured bad adoption suffered enough already from being treated as if we were invisible and inconsequential?

I guess, and I could be wrong, that the thought is if you are posting your negative story, you are partly looking for support/comisseration/understanding. That sounds like support to me. That's why I've always thought they went in the general support section. I thought the reason for a good story section was because there really aren't that many who come here to post good stories and they tend to get lost in the general support section. And maybe it's because they asked. Maybe a moderator can comment as really I'm guessing and don't acutally know. I don't think the intent was to make you feel invisible or inconsequential although I can see how you might feel that way. ETA: Looking back over this section - I see what might be considered a positive story on 10/1, several misplaced posts and the next positive story was in April. So if you were coming to the site looking for positives, you wouldn't be able to find them if they didn't have their own section.

From reading the title, I think this is the place for SOME positive stories. My positive story doesn't fit here, my mother never considered abortion. A place for adoptees to share their positive adoption stories about how their birthparents choosing adoption over abortion impacted their life. Makes sense to me that the support one would be for support regardless of a negative or positive story. I was told before that discussing my whole story would fit best in the Sharing from Experience one.

It's because any other forum can have a negative experience shared. We have so many of those that we needed to create a safe place for those who could post their positive stories. For awhile it became clear that those with positive opinions weren't able to post freely without fear of those who didn't have similar experiences come in and tell them they were wrong or in denial.:) You can post your story in whatever adoptee support forum, or discovery etc. you like. If you have perused threads at all, you will see many of them share the less than sunny side of things. With so many forum categories, I'm hopeful you'll find something suitable. If you have any other questions, please pm me and I'm happy to help. I'm closing this thread though due to the forum rules regarding the specific topic and that it's not a debate forum.